An input variable importance definition based on empirical data probability and its use in variable selection

IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks - Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1375-1380

  Lemaire, Vincent ^a   Clérot, Fabrice ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATASETS; FEATURE SELECTION; NON-LINEAR MODELS; SUBSETS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET THEORY; VECTORS;

FEATURE EXTRACTION;

EID: 10944225915     PISSN: 10987576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IJCNN.2004.1380149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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